Leguminous Plants for Green Forage and Hay. 



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green forage per acre. The alfalfa was cut three times, yielding 

 4, 600 pounds of hay at the first cutting, 3, 350 pounds the second, 

 and 3,250 pounds at the third cutting, or a total of 5.6 tons of hay 

 per acre. The total digestible nutrients of the two crops are pre- 

 sented in the following table: 



Comparative yield of corn forage and alfalfa hay Colorado Station. 



It will be seen that the alfalfa yielded nearly twice as many 

 pounds of dry matter as the corn, with the digestible nutrients far 

 in the lead. The protein of the alfalfa was three times that of the 

 corn. 



302. Nutrients in the alfalfa crop. At the Utah Station, 1 

 Widtsoe made a study of the nutrients of the alfalfa crop, and 

 iome of the facts gathered are presented in the following table: 



Nutrients per acre in three cuttings of alfalfa Utah Station. 

 First Cutting. 



1 Bui. 48. 



